I came across this article and
could not believe it. Then to my amazement, I found that many
churches have held similar programs all across the country. The
billboard will be explained in the article below. Surely this is
just another sign of the end times we are in.BW, FWMBy Ingrid Schleuter of
http://www.sliceoflaodicea.com/

Some parents who live near a Hooters restaurant in Granger, Indiana are
pretty upset. Above the Hooters restaurant is a huge billboard with the
photo of a man and woman, (presumably), their naked feet hanging out of an
unmade bed. Underneath the photo are the words, “www.mylamesexlife.com.”
The word “sex” is in red. These parents are outraged that their young
children are asking questions about a subject that is inappropriate for
their little minds. One of the mothers interviewed by a media outlet
referred to the billboard as “disgusting.”
It would have been bad enough if the sign had been sponsored by Hooters,
Viagra or Planned Parenthood. Imagine the surprise of the parents when
they hit the Internet to find out the source of the offense and discovered
it was Granger Community Church. Yes, at a time when it appears things
can’t get any worse in our culture, the evangelical church is ready and
willing to prove otherwise.
Sex is the new evangelism tool. Madison Avenue has been using sexuality to
sell for generations, but now hip new churches are realizing the
potential. Take, for example, Granger Community Church’s latest sermon
series that prompted the offensive billboard campaign. It’s entitled,
“Pure Sex.” The website says, “You’ll experience dramatic presentations
dynamic multimedias and the music of Switchfoot, All-American Rejects,
Pussy Cat Dolls and John Legend.” Who needs to sing hymns like “Praise My
Soul The King of Heaven” in a Sunday morning worship service when you can
get the sleazy Pussy Cat Dolls romping through your state-of-the-art sound
system?
Not to be outdone, Five Oaks Community Church in Minnesota is presenting a
sermon series entitled, “The Naked Truth About Sex.” Imagine having to
explain to your 7-year-old what sex is because she saw the word on signs
all over the church. Parents who are accustomed to shielding their little
ones’ eyes from the magazines at the grocery checkout now must take the
same precautions at church.
Christian publishing is pushing the envelope as well. The once respectable
Harvest House Publishers is realizing the revenue potential with the new
evangelical interest in sex enhancement and has just put out a new sex
manual for Christians entitled, “Red-Hot Monogamy.” Authors Bill and Pam
Farrel regale readers with their marital encounters in hot tubs and advise
Christian couples that if they really want to keep the marriage bond
strong, having sex in the garage and in the kitchen (every room in the
house, they say) will get you bonus points. I can’t repeat much of what
they write and the amount of personal information they share coupled with
the pictures of themselves they create in the mind of the reader are
enough to produce a high level of nausea. The book jacket says, “Do you
long for sexual encounters with your spouse that leave you breathless,
trusted intimacy that allows your soul to be naked as well as your
body?....” Okay, get the picture? A pair of lips, slightly parted, adorns
the jacket cover.
So what is behind this disgusting trend among Christians? The answer isn’t
hard to find. Since the evangelical church has been taking its cues from
the world for decades now, the last threshold has been crossed, the last
taboo has now been broken. Anyone who objects to this crass, vulgarizing
of the sacred act of marriage by the church is viewed as a Victorian
bluenose who is hopelessly out of touch. The other term frequently thrown
at those who object is the term, “Puritan.” Christians expect these
accusations from Planned Parenthood lackeys out in the world, but they can
now face the same charges from their more enlightened pastors and fellow
church goers.
What the Bible says about sex and marriage is not complex. It doesn’t need
the help of multi-media presentations or the help of skanky girl bands
over the church sound system. Do not commit adultery. Fornication is
wrong. The marriage bed is undefiled. I have heard these things taught for
as long as I can remember, but they were taught with dignity and with a
sense of the holiness of God and respect for the congregation. Children
didn’t need to be excised from the church or have their ears and eyes
covered to hear what was said. Unsaved neighbors didn’t have to complain
in the secular media that the church billboards were corrupting their
children. Discretion, wisdom and integrity were at work. Now pastors are
engaged in church growth strip-tease to get more bodies into the church.
“We have to get them in so they'll hear the truth,” pastors reason. It’s
the same old thinking that man-made, Hollywood approved techniques must be
employed to get people into the church. Forget the Holy Spirit, forget the
power of the Gospel, hire the guys who do the Viagra commercials to
promote our church. That’ll bring ‘em in by the droves.
It is evident that the Lord Jesus Christ has given over this rebellious
church to a great delusion. One of the first signs of a church in apostasy
is an increase in sensuality of all kinds. The church is carnal, the glory
of the Holy Spirit has departed, and the results are a growing reliance on
flesh-centered (quite literally) techniques to draw crowds. The pagan
religions have always had sexuality as a chief component of their worship
and Christians are now following their example. These churches and pastors
claim they are responding to the false teaching on sexuality out in the
world. By using coarse and titillating means, however, to draw in crowds,
they are effectively cheapening the very thing they claim to respect.
In the process, the church is becoming a stench in the nostrils of even
secular parents who are reduced to sponsoring petition drives to get a
Christian church to take down its offensive billboards around town. When
our evangelical churches are becoming stumbling blocks to little ones,
God’s judgment can’t be far behind.